Metallica: New Single Available

Metallica have just released the first single off their upcoming album, Death Magnetic. The epic track is entitled "The Day That Never Comes" and it's now available through iTunes.
The band recently filmed a video for the track with Danish film director Thomas Vinterberg which will premiere soon.
Check out the track which is now streaming on Metallica.com at this location or on the band's MySpace.
"The Day That Never Comes" is also available through iTunes.
Death Magnetic, the new album from Metallica, will be available worldwide Friday, September, 12, 2008.
In other news, Metallica are set to headline the first day of the Leeds Festival tonight, August 22, with a set on the Main Stage after Tenacious D and Feeder.
Also, the metal veterans have confirmed that they will play a gig at London's O2 with tickets priced at 5. The September 15 show coincides with the release of Death Magnetic. It will be preceded by a concert at O2 World in Berlin, where tickets cost 10.
"Because this is a celebration, tickets prices will be, shall we say, 'retro'," said the band in a statement. "Only ten Euros for Berlin, five pounds in London! And the best part is that all the proceeds from the sale of tickets will be donated to local charities."

It's good people, listen to the song as a whole not just as a Metallica song and the fact that it's not exactly like old Metallica.
Listen to the lyrics, the solos, Jame's impressive vocals, the riffs, drumming (well not soooo much), but still. This song is amazing, although it is a bit much like Fade to Black but then again isn't Fade to Black old Metallica o_0.....which is what everybody wants right?

Yeah, excited about it. The new song is pretty cool - the drums sound too loud, and too much snare, but that's ok. I can deal with that. It's just 8 minutes of wicked riffs. Very good!!
So insanely stupid crazily excited about the new album. I'd love to go see them at the 02 Arena as well - they were amazing at Wembley and I bet they're better now!

ultimatedaver wrote:
I don't like the sound of the snare drum. Other than it sounds really good.

Well I think it's better than his really annoying tinny snare drum. This snare isn't too bad, the other one was ****ing unbearable IMO. The again, this is only a Myspace quality single, so who knows.
I'll agree that it's going back in time, but I hope there will be better songs. This one is ok, just there could be better ones.

I love this song its genius and the James your voice is back yes!! I have very high hopes for Death Magnetic after hearing this song and the fly on the wall clips i'm just so glad metallica finally released the damn song and it was good to see a pic on this headline of James instead of lars :p METALLICA FOREVER!!!

i thought the song kicked ass, i've been waiting for them to come back for 4 years...went to the bridge school benefit (lame as ****), so it doesn't count. i shall be at the oakland, fresno, and possibly portland, or shows.

yayyy the drums dont sound like poop anymore =] to me this sounds like something off of the black album or something. good start...friggin amped to see what else the album has to offer, im sure there will be songs to kick my ass. the last half of this single is so sick. this just says "peace out, st. anger"

well...
quite a deception, the clean part is very promising but it falls flat on its face, no memorable riff, nothing that makes you wanna grab your guitar and learn to play it.
Soloing is just awful, sounds like a collage of Hammet's past work and judging by the sound he even got his Tube screamer back to get that thin screechy shitty solo sound he had back then.

why are the drums so loud!!?!?!!??! it's giving me a headache!!
It's ok, not the best metallica song ever, I've only heard once but I think it's got the Fade to Black song structure and sound, which is good because it's about as good as fade to black IMO (Fade to black wasn't that great) so this just means old metallica are back.

I only heard this off of Youtube so far, but what I think is the first half is awesome, and then the second half feels rushed...I feel like it's too "stop and go", and like they were trying to fit too much into the end of it. The drums were WAY too loud in the version I heard. But again, I wouldn't say the version I listened to was Hi-fi or anything. I'm sure the track off the CD will sound better...I really hope the drums are quieter, or I'll be a little bit disappointed.
That being said, I did enjoy the song, and the first half of the song was just epic.

Thw whole thing sounds like The Unforgiven. Still it starts kicking into the badassery at about 4 minutes but I think Hetfield could have done alot better on the vocals. "Love is a four letter word!" Wtf is that?
Badass solo, though. Hammett's back!

production sounds a bit weird, the drums sound as if they are too close, and the guitars are more distant at times. The guitar solo is very good in some parts, but at other parts, it's just the classic kirk triplet soloing that we have heard in so many tracks, was hoping for something new.

Oh yeah I forgot to say:
I listened to it about 10 times, and I can say it sounds like "The Unforgiven II" (vocals), "Fade to Black" (unhurried progression to kick ass), and "One" (machine gun riffage + dual guitar).

It's a pretty good song. IMHO, with the title of the song being "The Day that Never Comes", the song structure works with the theme. Seems to me the theme is about never doing what you set out to do (because you keep procrastinating), the pacing (slower to fast at the end, with a bit of confusion about 2/3rds of the way through), reflects life almost perfectly, including the abrupt ending. It took a couple of listens to get it, however.
I agree about the slightly muddy production, but I also attribute that to the software, not the production quality.

And yeah - the production is hard to judge, as said before by another - due to the fact that Myspace's streaming software muddies it a great deal before playing it to allow quicker loads and smoother playing. So don't hold that against the song... Or album...

after all the praises showered apoun trujillo...after all the news articles about how robs "easy to work with" about how his invaluable contributions are an integral part of the songs....just one question ..where the **** is he

Its not bad, not what i expected but it does grow on you after a few listens. I'm still gone wait for the rest of the album to come out before making a final decision.
Usually the first video/song is more mainstream to get the bands on the air,that's how it always is.

"I'll end this day, I'll splatter color on this gray"
Hetfield still has his lyrical integrity. As for the guitars... IMO, they sound like a ballzier version of the Garage Inc. tone (which im a fan of). At full quality the song should sound awesome.
BTW, next guy that mentions the bad production quality is a d*ck jockey. Its streaming quality mate. At max they are usually 84-96kb/s, so please.

ok before my opinion in the song, i don't like that everyone is saying that it sounds like this or that song, although i have to agree that it sounds like fade to black,one and welcome home(sanitarium) with one major difference those songs were simpler and seemed to flow better, while this song seems to be a bit to convoluted/complicated and maybe a minute to long IMO
also, I agree that the drums are to loud and i doubt that this is the final master thats gonna be on the album, but i kinda like them loud.
finally, the last heavy part/solo wasn't all that great, but i was expecting worse, still need to listen to it a few more times to get a better opinion.

yeah i dunno its weird cuz the drums...at least the snare...is so much better sounding. but yeah it does actually sound kinda not finished/mastered/produced or something, i dont know much about that shit but it doesnt sound clean as far as quality of the actual sound. but the last couple minutes of the song completely redeem the rest, IMO

wow, alot better than i expected, they will never relive the glory that they had before the black album, but it does seem like some their best work since IMO. I am definitely looking forward to this album.

The drums sound like a MIDI set. This is definately not fully produced. The vocals sound pretty unenthused and raw. Not much bass. Didnt give enough of a warm and full sound. First 20 seconds it seemed almost like it was going to be a Killers or Bravery song. Which is odd coming from Metallica. Im assuming if its not already mastered, it'll sound alot better once it is.

tom-the-lawn wrote:
It's cool for the first half but I think it sucks for the second half.

Really?
I thought the last 4 mins of this song was the best of it ... some fast riffs 'n stuff ...
I'd like to call it a mix somewhere between Fade to black, One an maybe some Mercyful Fate ... I thought it was awesome ...
Ofcourse this doesn't bring back the old Metallica (which cannot happen, cause they're like old themselfs now), but the song DID remind of that era ....

Metonyx wrote:
Nothing's_Free wrote:
i hope the track off itunes isnt the final master, the production on it was terrible
No no that was cause it had terrible bitrate (less than 128!) Something like 48kbps LOL. On the real tihng it will be fine I'm sure.

The song is awesome...I don't care if it sounds like old metallica or not. I know it rocks and lyrics are really good...I got goosebumps listening to the first part of the song.
There will never be another Master or Justice. This is good quit comparing it to older stuff.
They're in their 40s and playing fast like their in their 20s. Just an incredible song...

This is could use a a little fixing but other than that it is really good bits of it sorta remind me of the glory days but I really do belive this is the Fade to black for death magnetic and they did a good job on it no doubt

I've just listened 2 it again and i can't help feeling that I have heard every riff before, it even has seek and destroys drum riff at one point!!
it got really bad when i recognised a riff from mercyful fate in there, i hope the album is going 2 b a little more original :-/

shattamakar wrote:
after all the praises showered apoun trujillo...after all the news articles about how robs "easy to work with" about how his invaluable contributions are an integral part of the songs....just one question ..where the **** is he

What are you talking about? I could hear him just fine. I sure could hear him a lot clearer than I could Jason on And Justice For All.

k so from what we've heard this album is what was missing in between afja and black album, its also apparently supposed to be a modernised ajfa, ive heard both ajfa and TBA a million times and those explinations dont cut it for me anymore after hearing the few songs like cyanide and TDTNC. those descriptions dont cut it anymore, its just a modernised st.anger with solos, better riffs and so on

just another song that sounds like new age pop rock bullshit. Honestly, if this was any band but Metallica, most people would say "there ok". Compared to anything pre-Black Album, this is terrible. This song is very weak.

In the beginning Lar's drummming killed the mood of the guitar. Then it was like Lars raised the volume on his drums and lowered everyone else. Only until the end his drumming became tolerable, but that was only because there where some machine gun riffs.
James vocals still had that Load/Reload style. It was fine, but I couldn't help but think he could have changed it up a bit.
Kirk's guitar was great, but lacked Metallica's song-defining riffs, even St. Anger and Frantic had a defining riff :/. The guitar also had a surf thing to it with a bit of that Middle Eastern thing he was talking about I liked that.
None the less, it's a good song, but I fear they are trying too hard to please the annoying metalheads.

Thinking about it, the fast riffage rhythm reminds me of
"Pease Porridge hot,
Pease Porridge cold,
Pease Porridge in the Pot
Nine Days old"
I dunno if anyone else can hear what I'm talking about, and at work I can't go and listen to it so I'm not even sure if that's exactly right.

when i was listening to it i didn't like the quality and there seemed to be a lot of clipping going on but some of is was pretty sweet
the vocals are more appealing as he kinda sounds a little more "younger" (kinda like alternative or something) instead of some old guy with a scratchy throat
i think the intro is a little too long and the song as a whole is a bit too long but whatever it's still good
a little poppy but so are all singles
in my opinion no matter how good they make the songs ppl are still gonna dis it because it's "not true to their roots" or it is and ppl complain about it being a copy of fade to black or something
it's good the way it is

how do we know for sure they're trying to please the "old" metallica fans?? They even said that is not what they are trying to do with this album. James doesn't have the vocals he used to. That's fine...his playing more than makes up for it.

Half decent. Shit soloing from hammett...after all this hugh hype about the album I was expecting some amazing metal riffs and memorable solo's...
I hope that the rest of the songs on Death Magnetic will be better than this one.

Well, I won't compare it to anything, I'll just write about this song...
It's good, it could be better with more inspired vocals and a hevier riff, nice intro anyway, but nothing so special... I hope the rest of the album is worth the waiting and the hype

Better than last album.. that is for sure.. I'm not sure I was diggin Kirk's Solo work at the end, it was very "Elementary" ?? if that makes sense.. I'm not sure how to describe it.. Not terrible.. not amazing.. but a definate improvement from the last venture..

If you guys don't like this one, but still have high hopes for the new album, listen to Cyanide. There are some decent live recordings of it on YouTube and stuff. I think it's a lot better than The Day That Never Comes. It sounds unique, but still sounds like Metallica. I can't wait to hear the studio version of Cyanide.

I like this song alot but I really seems like there trying to copy there old ways again. the solo just sounds like a whole bunch of there solos mixed. reminded me of the blackened solo. but I think the albums going to be awesome I cant wait. Atleast there out of there St anger stage

wow, and you people call yourselves Metallica fans...I admit, this isn't their greatest song, but it's way better than anything on their last three albums...I love this song, the only part that bothers me is the whole "this I swear" part, it could've done without that...but overall I am incredibly excited for this album now

atreyu=life wrote:
and if anyone else noticed, dosent james song like a 13year old?

Um.. no. He sounds like a mix of AFJA James and TBA James.
And for some of you idiots saying "this isn't master wtf fag metallica", NO SHIT! Listen to Sanitarium in Master of Puppets.. its nothing like the rest of the album, cause its a BALLAD. AND THIS IS A BALLAD. Get that through your heads! You don't compare this song to Battery or Blackened, cause its a different kind of song..

IMHO this new song is a METALLICA DE-EVOLUTION. Almost a time machine. we get in and take off at LOAD, then we go back a lil farther as the song progresses. Next stop is ...And Justice about half way thru the song. Then it keeps de-evolving to the Kill Em All days with the classic Kirk solo thing. So when you take the ENTIRE SONG in as a whole its like a history of Metailla in one song. - I REALLY LIKE THIS - Sorry all you haters but this is great IMO

The song was not dissapointing at all. It was better than what I expected (although I must admit that my expectations were quite low), and it's better than anything that they've done in way over a decade.

"Because this is a celebration, tickets prices will be, shall we say, 'retro'," said the band in a statement. "Only ten Euros for Berlin, five pounds in London! And the best part is that all the proceeds from the sale of tickets will be donated to local charities."
people will still find something to hate them for.
yet they still praise Maiden, whos tickets were $80 for just them.
so dumb
and this song is awesome btw
i cannot wait for this album

I think they r going back to the old format where the 4th track is a ballady type of song. even though its not as good as one, fade to black, or sanitarium, its still pretty good. and I like how the intro has a very fade to black kind of feel to it. cant wait for the new album!!!\m/!!!

"Because this is a celebration, tickets prices will be, shall we say, 'retro'," said the band in a statement. "Only ten Euros for Berlin, five pounds in London! And the best part is that all the proceeds from the sale of tickets will be donated to local charities."
well that's nice but for their North American tour they are asking way too much money. They're not so "retro" over here, because they're asking for $670 for decent seating. but the new song was awesome though.

David_Bowie=GOD wrote:
ultimatedaver wrote:
I don't like the sound of the snare drum. Other than it sounds really good.
You mean trash can. I was hoping he went out and bought a real snare drum after st. anger.

give it up dude
they just mixed it a bit loud is all
things arent reverbed out like in the old albums
it sounds a bit more live

the beginning made me yawn...then the end of the song woke me up (not in a good way). That guitar solo seemed to have no feeling to it and instead just seems like it was made long and random just for the sake of having a long guitar solo in the song. I hope the rest of the CD isn't like this.

Well first off, I'm glad that Kirk gets to solo once again! St. Anger really want' that great of an album at all, and I'm pretty sure most people can agree on that. But if there were at least some solos in there, I think it would have been better. So now that we hear Kirk shredding it up again, that's a huge plus! As far as the rest, it wasn't horrible. It has an old school kind of feel to it that's nice to hear from the boys, but I still feel like it's missing some depth to it. I don't know, I can't really explain it. Oh well, I'll have to wait for the album to come out and check out all the songs

All I have to say is this:
Stop living in the f***ing past. Metallica will NEVER, I repeat: NEVER sound like they did in the 1980's. Get over it. If that's what you want, go listen to THOSE albums.
Everyone here seems to be judging this song based on the sole fact that it's from Metallica. This song, if released on another band's CD would do great. Stop thinking about whether it "sounds like Ride, or MoP, or Kill Em All". Just listen to the god damn song.
I have to agree, the drums are loud. The production is bad too, but I highly doubt that it's the final product. I mean, come on, listening to a song off myspace is usually pretty muddy.
Anyways, I liked the new single, I thought it was great. Going to buy the album as soon as it's released, and I don't think I'll be disappointed.

lmfao, I wrote an acoustic into with my friend thats almost exactly like the one at the beginning. Guess i can throw it away now. =) Oh well
And i agree the drums are wayyyyy too loud. I like it though. The solo i really enjoyed lol.

I heard this on the radio yesterday and, though it sounded like the Metallica of old it wasn't that great, and Hetfield's vocals seem to have turned more into a radio-friendly version of its previous growling incarnation, overall I'd give it a 'meh' and a 3/5

I liked this! So much, much better than the Cyanide crap. He's vocals are quite good on this one (could have been better, maybe not in these days though). Catchy chorus and the intro was beautiful. The riffs were sort of old school. Very enjoyable!

Better than St. Anger, but it still sucks. It's just freaking boring. That's two letdowns. Cyanide was too long and poorly arranged. Don't get me wrong, I typically love long songs, I'm big into Dream Theater and Opeth, but Cyanide was way too reptitive and predictable.
The Day That Never Came is also disappointing. I think Metallica has forgotten how to be Metallica. It's one thing to change your direction and try new things, but this is like Metallica took the riffs that weren't good enough to make it onto previous albums and decided, "Hell, why not use them?"
I'm anxious for the rest of this album, but the first two tracks are not as good as what they were hyped to be.

alright.
what the ****.
im glad for the song, even if its not up to scratch really imo.
but seriously
10 and 5 in europe?
theyre coming to my city in november in the states, and the tickets are ****ign 250 for the worst ones.
thats bullshit.

...not impressed. Shame, I had high hopes for this album. Even excusing the crappy sound quality as it's a free version, the song itself is derivative and boring. Even the solo completely fails to impress. It sounds like every other mainstream hard rock/metal (is Metallica even metal anymore? I'm not so sure sometimes) band on the radio.

I thought it was pretty lame.
The guitar sounds thin and buzzy, the snare is too loud, not to mention Lars isn't a great drummer. The main part just kept making me think "Don't Fear The Reaper". I'm disappointed. That tapping bit at the end can't really be considered a solo right?

yea...every metallica song after the black album sounds like recording session rejects.
the riffs sound like the ones i come up with in my head and then completely forget about
i always thought that the best part of metallica was dave mustaine and cliff burton...james and lars were good but not as brilliant as those 2...but what the hell is goin on? james and lars came up with hit the lights, whiplash, seek and destroy, battery by themselves. they can do better than this sht.

i like it. no complaints because this is said to be the slowest song on the album, and it picks up nicely. i agree theres not too many memorable riffs, but i dont care cuz i know there will be when the cds released! welcome back tallica

yea they r trying so hard to go back to their old style that they are actually ripping off themselves if thats possible.
no one said we wanted you to go back to your old style EXACTLY. we said we wanted GOOD music.

Most likely, it's the final product. CD's are usually ready to go a month before its official release date. They hold it back for marketing purposes. Radio stations would have their stems already-they just need the approval of the label to play it.

i think fans and metallica alike are confused. load, reload, and st. anger didn't suck because they were of a different style...they sucked because they sucked...it just wasn't good music.
u think trying to go back to your old style will automatically cure everything? whats the difference if it still sucks...

kinghate69 wrote:
wait..for the last few years you all bithed about them not being old school...and when they go old school you bitch about them trying to relive the glory days! Are you guys on crack or just bi-polar?

THANK YOU!!!! Someone that agrees with me. They want the old Metallica, and when they get it, they still bitch about them ripping off their old stuff. Can't they make up their minds? Some just like to always hate on them no matter what they do. There will NEVER be another Master of Puppets. Get over it. I don't want another Master of Puppets. I love the one I already got. Why would I want them to make another Master of Puppets or another And Justice For All?

everyone's just looking for every reason to not like the song cuz they realize metallica will never relive their past and this is the album following st anger. but its true they wont relive their 80s shit, so why cant you people just appreciate it and like it for what it is currently? if it came from a completely different band that you had never heard before, would you still not like it just as much? or is it just because its metallica's attempt to redeem themselves after st anger thats making you people try to think of every reason to shit on it? cuz i honestly like the song regardless. especially the last few minutes.

Ok a couple of quick points....
1. Load and Re-load were probably metallicas most musically advanced albums. Everything changed at one time though and it was almost like metallica became another band and i don't think people were ready for that....hair cuts, logo, mainstream, sound
2. St. Anger was an experiment that most people feel was unsuccessful. But it was an attempt to be original in a music world where most new music is not original. Megadeth still makes the same old stuff.
3. The new song is definately going back to the roots of metallica and from the comments here it seems as if half the people want them to go in another direction and half the people like the old style. I personally like the old style.
4. Metallica is such a big band and people have such high expectations for their new material that I think it's become impossible for them to put out an album that blows people away.
I like the new song and will definately be picking up the album

Lapidus wrote:
well...
quite a deception, the clean part is very promising but it falls flat on its face, no memorable riff, nothing that makes you wanna grab your guitar and learn to play it.
Soloing is just awful, sounds like a collage of Hammet's past work and judging by the sound he even got his Tube screamer back to get that thin screechy shitty solo sound he had back then.

_A.D.I.D.A.S._ wrote:
In the beginning Lar's drummming killed the mood of the guitar. Then it was like Lars raised the volume on his drums and lowered everyone else. Only until the end his drumming became tolerable, but that was only because there where some machine gun riffs.
James vocals still had that Load/Reload style. It was fine, but I couldn't help but think he could have changed it up a bit.
Kirk's guitar was great, but lacked Metallica's song-defining riffs, even St. Anger and Frantic had a defining riff :/. The guitar also had a surf thing to it with a bit of that Middle Eastern thing he was talking about I liked that.
None the less, it's a good song, but I fear they are trying too hard to please the annoying metalheads.

I was thinking the first time i listened to this song that Lars kinda ****ed up the time and mood of the guitars he was playing with but he quickly got back into the vibe after that one beat thank god! i will also agree that lars is far from being called the best drummer but at least he has the desire to try and make good music unlike most bands and he can be arrogant but i still think he's awesome! anyways this song is very awesome!

Metonyx wrote:
kmchipower wrote:
yea they r trying so hard to go back to their old style that they are actually ripping off themselves if thats possible.
no one said we wanted you to go back to your old style EXACTLY. we said we wanted GOOD music.
You, my friend, are a total idiot.
Just listen to the song and don't compare it to previous albums. Is it a good song? Yes.
And one thing some of you people still don't seem to get is that:
IT IS A FUCKING BALLAD!!!

how can people expect a guy in his 40's to sound like a teenager. i cant stand people who bash them, you say you want them to sound like they did back in the 80's. but when they do, "oh its too recycled", or "they tried to hard to sound like they were back in the 80's" and for their supposed no memerable riffs in this, how about you try and always write great riffs that is remembered for generations to come, how about write just one. i guarantee you cant write songs 1/4 as good as any metallica song "old" metallica people want kirk to solo and when he does, "oh that sucks". and people who keep saying IMO metallica sucks, well in my opinion you dont have an opinion so shut the f*** up.

CamelToeJoe wrote:
over the past 10 years metallica has had a hard ass time trying to sound like metallica. new song blows. hetfield should stop trying to sing, his voice his horrible.
sincerely, former metallica fan.

are you trying to prove a point? a band shouldnt be criticized by someone who thinks they know how metallica should sound. and im sure hetfield will take your comment into consideration. why are "metalheads" so simple minded. they like one style of music and hate everything else.
sincerely, CamelToeJoe for next metallica singer!

JPetrucci25 wrote:
CamelToeJoe wrote:
over the past 10 years metallica has had a hard ass time trying to sound like metallica. new song blows. hetfield should stop trying to sing, his voice his horrible.
sincerely, former metallica fan.
are you trying to prove a point? a band shouldnt be criticized by someone who thinks they know how metallica should sound. and im sure hetfield will take your comment into consideration. why are "metalheads" so simple minded. they like one style of music and hate everything else.
sincerely, CamelToeJoe for next metallica singer!

bmarlatt1685 wrote:
JPetrucci25 wrote:
CamelToeJoe wrote:
over the past 10 years metallica has had a hard ass time trying to sound like metallica. new song blows. hetfield should stop trying to sing, his voice his horrible.
sincerely, former metallica fan.
are you trying to prove a point? a band shouldnt be criticized by someone who thinks they know how metallica should sound. and im sure hetfield will take your comment into consideration. why are "metalheads" so simple minded. they like one style of music and hate everything else.
sincerely, CamelToeJoe for next metallica singer!
+10,000,000
I totally agree with you

hell yes, only metallica should be able to controll what metallica sounds like!!!

ok if you guys think you know how meallica shouldsound go make your own band and make your own " old style metallica songs" im sure they will be more shit than st anger, anyays this song sounds great, cant wait for the album

Okay I've just listened again...
And yes, it sounds like a heavier Nickelback. I'm sorry Metallica but you'll never recreate your former glory.
Everyone here is blinded by fanboyism, this song is so average it's unreal.
At this point, if Metallica had written "Rockstar" then you would all lick it up. Can none of you see how average and generic this sounds? I certainly hope this is the worst track off the album. I'd give it one and a half stars and that's being generous.

Well I listened to it and now I must say that I am REALLY surprised. I loved the first half and was really happy to see that they are playing along the lines of what they used to. The first melodic solo was amazing in my opinion and really reminiscent of Iron Maiden but the second one was not really that good (kind of like Kirks usual solos...). The second half of the song could have been better constructed but I did like it. I thought the entire song was like a mix of everything they have ever come up with (except st. anger). I am really looking forward to what the other songs are like and I am beginning to think that Metallica might be crawling back to the top.

This song is really great. The beginning was "One"-ish, but was still really lacking.However, the rest of the song is just like the Metallica everyone knew and loved. This one song blows the entire St.Anger album out of the water. It's songs like this which remind me why I love Metallica so much. Can't wait for the album, and I really don't care what the haters complain and bitch about, this is a great song.

nowtheworld91 wrote:
I think they r going back to the old format where the 4th track is a ballady type of song. even though its not as good as one, fade to black, or sanitarium, its still pretty good. and I like how the intro has a very fade to black kind of feel to it. cant wait for the new album!!!\m/!!!

I'll agree with this. The song's format REALLY represented "One". Clean Intro. Heavy-ish chorus. Clean again, Heavyish Chorus, A Build Up, then Double Triplet Riffs.
This song is kinda like "Two" lol.
It's a decent song. I like it. The lyrics are freekin powerful, the only thing is, Rob needs to be that fraction louder, but I'm sure that will be fixed on the studio release.

I quite like the new single my only gripe is with lars drumming, he seems to paly hte snare ALOT! I mean doesnt he have anything else in the kit to play??? Plus I'm not to fond fo the sound of this snare eitheris an improvement on the st anger snare but still annoying itll prob grown on me a bit evnetually....wonder whatever happened to the snare he used on the oldeer songs? oh well overall this song is really good bass and guitars really great just wish lars would play better drum parts

I'm not blown away by the song, I feel it's kinda mediocre. I'll still pick up the album though. I have them all so far and although I wasn't too impressed by all of them, I still enjoy them all.
Hearing that this is the ballad gets me really excited. They're never my favourite Metallica songs.

Cool song. Definitely cooler than what I was expecting. My only complaint (except the fact that I hate Hammett's lead playing, but that's just a complaint I have with Metallica in general) is the fact that they drag out the end of the song so damn long. Cool riffs, but they weren't all necessary. It takes away from the power of each riff when they're all smooshed in there.

sowhat360 wrote:
Ok a couple of quick points....
1. Load and Re-load were probably metallicas most musically advanced albums. Everything changed at one time though and it was almost like metallica became another band and i don't think people were ready for that....hair cuts, logo, mainstream, sound
2. St. Anger was an experiment that most people feel was unsuccessful. But it was an attempt to be original in a music world where most new music is not original. Megadeth still makes the same old stuff.
3. The new song is definately going back to the roots of metallica and from the comments here it seems as if half the people want them to go in another direction and half the people like the old style. I personally like the old style.
4. Metallica is such a big band and people have such high expectations for their new material that I think it's become impossible for them to put out an album that blows people away.
I like the new song and will definately be picking up the album

you win, your comment is the best fukcing
and about megadeth, they have more studio albums and more good songs than metallica. And yes i hope the new album is going to be good.

Chaingarden :
Cool song. Definitely cooler than what I was expecting. My only complaint (except the fact that I hate Hammett's lead playing, but that's just a complaint I have with Metallica in general) is the fact that they drag out the end of the song so damn long. Cool riffs, but they weren't all necessary. It takes away from the power of each riff when they're all smooshed in there.
ummmm....isnt that what they've done on about every album(minus st. anger). god damn, so hypocritical.

not great, not horrible... just somehow was not like old metallica. something about hetfields voice has just changed since the 80's. i think the riffs could've been a little more defined (sounds wierd but i hope you guys know what im saying). the end seemed kinda like "hey lets see how many unlike riffs we can cram together." also, definately not one of kirks best solos, although fade to black didnt have a very fast and crazy solo, but it went with the song well. definately a start, but not quite old metallica. but im not gonna judge the album by just this one song. ill probably pick it up to see.

dude i like it, how can people say it sucks, like what is wrong with it, its classical metallica, good clean riffs, an awesome breakdown, an awesome solo, and a catchy hook, isnt that exactly what people wanted out of this new record!?!??!?!?!?

Not impressed. This song is very poorly composed. I mean, its got maybe a cool lick here and there. The intro lick is nice, but on the whole, and especially after the 4 minute mark, its just a mish mash of licks, some metal, some punk rock too.
Also, the drums really suck. Lars' fills are so basic its not even funny. Nice to hear a solo from Kirk, but its very choppy and not the melodic style that we loved in classic Metallica.
Also, the recording itself was piss-poor. Why couldn't they upload the finished version, especially if the album is complete? Unless this is the final version, which in that case, be prepared for a whole lot of suck.

I like it more or less, it's decent. The beginning made me think coldplay or muse or something, neato. The song could be pretty heavy and cool but the vocals make it sound more hard rock. Hopefully the guitar riffs at the end sound more defined in the high quality version, because they done stand out that much right now. Oh yeah, in Lars defence the drumming on And Justice For All kicks ass.

Doesnt do it for me.
A bit repetitive and overdrawn.
Im not the biggest Metallica fan anymore (not cause of St Anger, i just dont listen to them as much as i used to)
I think it seems kinda...forced. I dunno if they like it and their most loyal fans like it, i guess thats good for them
Oh n personally i thought the Load and Reload era had some good points. Im glad its not an attempt to go back to what they were, history doesnt need repeating.

Im very happy!! its the best song they have released/wrote since Justice. Seems they went back to their punk roots but going back to the song structure of one. Tho this is the "radio fix" song of the album i believe, the hook. I just hope its not a let down like enter sandman was. Overall Awesome song!!

I'm going to overlook the fact that this song sounds much like many of their other songs (nothing new here) and tell you guys what really bugs me about this new song: The first part is a decent start to a song, however goes off into a completely different direction with, in my opinion, parts that have nothing to do with each other (right after second chorus). They're just combining riffs that may be "cool" when standing alone, but together, do not add or relate to the song as a whole. They've had songs with many parts in the past, however they were enjoyable because the transitions made sense. In this song, they don't. It sounds like a demo version of a song, or a song that a band of 17-year-olds would write. I sense them trying too hard to do everything they've ever been known for in this one song (slow ballad, thrash riffage, harmonies, even Kirk's solo as many of you had mentioned sounds like a collage of everything he's capable of doing as a musician). Also, I'm disappointed because there are parts that sound "off" to me. The ending few riffs for example, sound like the guitars and drums are not in synch with each other and they never bothered to make everything "tight." Does anyone else hear this or am I going nuts?

It's a really good song, not quite as good as Cyanide though. Still, it's miles and miles ahead of St Anger and Load/Reload. I won't be certain until I've heard the studio version, but i think Cyanide might be one of the best Metallica songs ever... In my opinion, Rob Trujilo saved Metallica. The bass in both tracks is brilliant

I like the song... its a HUGE step forward from St. Anger. It excites me to hear new Metallica on the radio.
The iTunes version sounds so shitty though...
I'll still be buying the album the first day it comes out =)

Bubbles000 wrote:
I'm going to overlook the fact that this song sounds much like many of their other songs (nothing new here) and tell you guys what really bugs me about this new song: The first part is a decent start to a song, however goes off into a completely different direction with, in my opinion, parts that have nothing to do with each other (right after second chorus). They're just combining riffs that may be "cool" when standing alone, but together, do not add or relate to the song as a whole. They've had songs with many parts in the past, however they were enjoyable because the transitions made sense. In this song, they don't. It sounds like a demo version of a song, or a song that a band of 17-year-olds would write. I sense them trying too hard to do everything they've ever been known for in this one song (slow ballad, thrash riffage, harmonies, even Kirk's solo as many of you had mentioned sounds like a collage of everything he's capable of doing as a musician). Also, I'm disappointed because there are parts that sound "off" to me. The ending few riffs for example, sound like the guitars and drums are not in synch with each other and they never bothered to make everything "tight." Does anyone else hear this or am I going nuts?

Agreed 100%. But, with all this said, its NEW METALLICA! I expected much worse after St Anger

Bubbles000 wrote:
I'm going to overlook the fact that this song sounds much like many of their other songs (nothing new here) and tell you guys what really bugs me about this new song: The first part is a decent start to a song, however goes off into a completely different direction with, in my opinion, parts that have nothing to do with each other (right after second chorus). They're just combining riffs that may be "cool" when standing alone, but together, do not add or relate to the song as a whole. They've had songs with many parts in the past, however they were enjoyable because the transitions made sense. In this song, they don't. It sounds like a demo version of a song, or a song that a band of 17-year-olds would write. I sense them trying too hard to do everything they've ever been known for in this one song (slow ballad, thrash riffage, harmonies, even Kirk's solo as many of you had mentioned sounds like a collage of everything he's capable of doing as a musician). Also, I'm disappointed because there are parts that sound "off" to me. The ending few riffs for example, sound like the guitars and drums are not in synch with each other and they never bothered to make everything "tight." Does anyone else hear this or am I going nuts?

Bro... That's exactly what I was thinking. It's actually like 5 songs that they've roughly spliced together. No transitions at all. Disappointed. United Abominations, (Megadeth's latest) stomps all over this rubbish.

i_am_metalhead wrote:
dudester410 wrote:
k so from what we've heard this album is what was missing in between afja and black album, its also apparently supposed to be a modernised ajfa, ive heard both ajfa and TBA a million times and those explinations dont cut it for me anymore after hearing the few songs like cyanide and TDTNC. those descriptions dont cut it anymore, its just a modernised st.anger with solos, better riffs and so on
You're retarded. It sounds NOTHING like St. Anger... and besides, St. Anger is a modern album so you can't modernize something that is already modern.
The album is gonna kick everyone ass and all of you trash talkers are going to fall to your knees and praise Metallica as they reclaim their throne as the gods of metal.

Reclaim, the throne. Fuck know, their nailed to that thrown, always have been, are, and always will

Dimster Ds wrote:
awesomo41894 wrote:
I like the guitar. It's tight. But the singing is gay.Your Gay
Anyway, this the best stuff I've heard from Metallica in years, I love this song.
Who cares if it's a bit mainstream, it's a ballad. People used to say Fade To Black was mainstream but now it's one of their best songs. If you listen to this not as Metallica trying to be Metallica again (even though this does sound like Metallica ) and listen to it as a song, then it sounds way more awesome.
At least it's not as bad as St Anger, Load And Reload

Absolutely!!!! And I think it definitely has some earlier Metallica elements to it. I do kind of like it upon first listen, I'm sure it will grow on me. My main concern is the way different riffs progress through the song seems to be poorly constructed. I mean I would expect that from a garage band, but not metallica. Don't get me wrong I definitely like it better than the last 3 albums combined, but I think we need to let go of past Metallica as we listen because lets face it, you can't recreate classic Metallica ( or any band for that matter). There comes a time when you have to move on and try new things or the music will just stagnate. I look forward to hearing the rest of the album. Also Lars uses too much snare, especially during the cool interlude part. He also does the same thing in their cover of Maiden's Remember Tomorrow, so I expect him to do the same on the rest of the new album. Oh well.

they are indeed trying to hard to emulate themselves. they just need to come out with an anthology called "...And Ride the Master of Justice for 'Em all". Maybe remaster the songs maybe not. who cares. and the solo of the day that never comes is too kiddy, like a dragonforce solo... just not the musically mature solos they used to be

also the drums sound like a horrible combination of justice and st. anger in the days that never comes. the vocals could be better, too st. angery and not enough growly. the vocal timing is also extremely weird. not for me. but i will definitely buy this album if this is the slowest song

Guys, are you all completely dull?
Metallica is VERY big on song placement on their CDs. For example, song #1 on most Metallica CD's are slow intros that go into very fast metal (I.e, Fire Fight with Fire, Battery, Blackened, etc)
Song #2 is always the title track, normally one of the singles of the album (Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightning, ..And Justice For All, etc.)
This pattern always continues for each song. The Day That Never Ends is positioned to be a #6 song, which means, if Metallica really did go back to their roots, this means this song should be compared to songs such as "Escape" from RtL and "Leper Messiah" of MoP.
What does this mean? It means (although many do love this songs), that The Day that Never Ends isn't meant to be that OMFG GO METALLICA song, but as a "ice breaker" because no matter what song they would've released, people would still be complaining for any reaons they can find. Therefore they released one of their less "OMFG" songs to not waste a good song becase of complainers.

Just a recap, my point of the above post is to tell people, that there's a MASSIVE chance this was one of the "Filler" songs so don't feel like "Omg it's not Metal enough" or shit like that, just wait.

Sorry, my bad, it's actually a #4 song, aka
Fade to Black, One, Welcome Home (Sanitarium), The Unforgiven. But this proves my point. There's no Metallica without those kind of classics, but for every "One" there was atleast 5 epic songs like Dyers Eve, Harvester of Sorrow, ..AJFA, Blackened etc. So don't make it as if this is how all their songs will be.

FIRST OFF: load and reload werent bad at all, st anger had 3 good songs, and death magnetic is gonna kick ass.
SECOND: The Kill em all, RTL, MoP, AJFA, black album era is gone. So quit whining about how it doesnt sound like a cross between black album and AJFA or how James' vocals suck. Hes older, he sings different get over it.
THIRD: METALLICA will do what METALLICA has always done: put their hearts and souls into their music, whether u like it or not.

Bubbles000 wrote:
I'm going to overlook the fact that this song sounds much like many of their other songs (nothing new here) and tell you guys what really bugs me about this new song: The first part is a decent start to a song, however goes off into a completely different direction with, in my opinion, parts that have nothing to do with each other (right after second chorus). They're just combining riffs that may be "cool" when standing alone, but together, do not add or relate to the song as a whole. They've had songs with many parts in the past, however they were enjoyable because the transitions made sense. In this song, they don't. It sounds like a demo version of a song, or a song that a band of 17-year-olds would write. I sense them trying too hard to do everything they've ever been known for in this one song (slow ballad, thrash riffage, harmonies, even Kirk's solo as many of you had mentioned sounds like a collage of everything he's capable of doing as a musician). Also, I'm disappointed because there are parts that sound "off" to me. The ending few riffs for example, sound like the guitars and drums are not in synch with each other and they never bothered to make everything "tight." Does anyone else hear this or am I going nuts?

unfortunately that was exactly what on my mind ..
man you should see how disappointed Iam ..

definitely not the old metallica, the intro seems kind of mediocre from past albums, then :56 to the verse sounds like hero of the day or something similar from load and reload, i never cared for that side of metallica, and finally that harmonized guitar sounds just too much like dragonforce for me. basically this song just sounds like 3 or 4 different ones put together like a medley

Jonny-D wrote:
Sorry, my bad, it's actually a #4 song, aka
Fade to Black, One, Welcome Home (Sanitarium), The Unforgiven. But this proves my point. There's no Metallica without those kind of classics, but for every "One" there was atleast 5 epic songs like Dyers Eve, Harvester of Sorrow, ..AJFA, Blackened etc. So don't make it as if this is how all their songs will be.

pantallica95 wrote:
FIRST OFF: load and reload werent bad at all, st anger had 3 good songs, and death magnetic is gonna kick ass.
SECOND: The Kill em all, RTL, MoP, AJFA, black album era is gone. So quit whining about how it doesnt sound like a cross between black album and AJFA or how James' vocals suck. Hes older, he sings different get over it.
THIRD: METALLICA will do what METALLICA has always done: put their hearts and souls into their music, whether u like it or not.

pantallica95 wrote:
FIRST OFF: load and reload werent bad at all, st anger had 3 good songs, and death magnetic is gonna kick ass.
SECOND: The Kill em all, RTL, MoP, AJFA, black album era is gone. So quit whining about how it doesnt sound like a cross between black album and AJFA or how James' vocals suck. Hes older, he sings different get over it.
THIRD: METALLICA will do what METALLICA has always done: put their hearts and souls into their music, whether u like it or not.

I agree with you. I don't know why everyone shits all over Load and Reload. Load's one of my favorite albums of theirs. I love Master of Puppets, it's my favorite Metallica album, but if I had to listen to them play that for EVERY album, they'd get so one dimensional. I'm sorry, but there's more to hard rock than just fast downpicking, galloping triplets, and tremolo picking, and Metallica's proven that.

its unreal how people on this site STILL find shit to complain about. First everyone says St Anger sucked, we want older Metallica..so here's the new record and yeh it has a different sound but it certainly does have a part of it thats more the "classic" Metallica.. yet people still have the nerve to complain and say oh it sounds like this album and I don't like that side of them. Well you can't have it all, at least it doesn't have a garbage can of a snare and actually brings back some cool riffs/solos!
/rant
Anyway, I really like this song, can't wait to hear the rest!

stfu green day dosent sound anything like this, your really ignorant, and people if you want RTL,MOP,AJFA,TBA go and buy those albums becaus metallica isnt going to make those again and you gotta face the truth, 80's meal bands dont sound anything like they did 20 oddyears ago, take judas priest for example their new album nostradramus wasnt like anything from their 80's and motley crues album was nowhere near what they did bak then with dr feelgood etc

Pretty good song. It is indeed slow (at least the intro and first choruses) and relatively mainstream, but it definitely sounds like some good Metallica. And to all of you posting "it sucked", at least tell us why. Metallica has become so well known and their last album is so highly anticipated that it's obvious a lot of people will either be honestly disappointed, or pretend they are to look cool and keep praising the old stuff to sound hardcore.
Definitely a good, true Metallica song. One that could be classic now if it had been released fifteen years ago.

heavenbesideyou wrote:
meh, could of been a lot better. hopefully the whole cd wont sound that bad...

Well, you've got to realize, it's "Track 4" as was Fade To Black, Sanitarium, One, The Unforgiven, etc... So it's the "Ballad" track of the album... Track 1 will probably start off clean/acoustic, then rape our ears... and then the second to last track will HOPEFULLY be an instrumental =)

Nothing's_Free wrote:
i hope the track off itunes isnt the final master, the production on it was terrible

Agreed... it sounded like the Preamp was around like 3 dB or so.. (I only know that because it sounded like my Manual setting of the EQ..) But it sounded pretty nice otherwise... Could've heard some more of Rob, but they're notorious for mixing bass out =P Effing Murderface..

serjYankovic wrote:
heavenbesideyou wrote:
meh, could of been a lot better. hopefully the whole cd wont sound that bad...
Well, you've got to realize, it's "Track 4" as was Fade To Black, Sanitarium, One, The Unforgiven, etc... So it's the "Ballad" track of the album... Track 1 will probably start off clean/acoustic, then rape our ears... and then the second to last track will HOPEFULLY be an instrumental =)
Nothing's_Free wrote:
i hope the track off itunes isnt the final master, the production on it was terrible
Agreed... it sounded like the Preamp was around like 3 dB or so.. (I only know that because it sounded like my Manual setting of the EQ..) But it sounded pretty nice otherwise... Could've heard some more of Rob, but they're notorious for mixing bass out =P Effing Murderface..

Notorious for mixing out Jason's Bass.
The first 4 albums, pretty much every song had audible bass.

dope shit meng, they're back, and they're tryin really hard. i think the effort is definatly there, and the song kicks ass...i just hope its not the mastered version...hetfields rythym sounds very mushy at parts...and its sorta sloppy at parts....not to mention the first part of the outro sounds exactly like the last solo of mercyful fate for about 10 seconds....i have a feeling its not their best song, its one of their good songs, and theres better to come.
lets hope
september 15: the day that never comes

God, its amazing, My Chemical Romance doesn't have this many haters! Anyway, song ****ing rules (in my opinion). For those of you who think it is too mainstream, would you rather it be another St. Anger? Anyway, Love almosst all of the song, thought the 4 and a half minute mark or whatever it was left a bit to be desired vocally, but other than that, fan-****ing-tastic. Love the intro, love Jaymz singing in the verses and the chorus, love the ****ed up ending. Hopefully production will be better on the album tho..... The solo, although a tad recycled, was killer, the harmonized leads made me jiz myself....overall I give it a 9\10. Best song since TBA.....Thats just my 2 cents though, feel free to shit all over my opinion.....

I'm noticing that many of the defenders of the song are saying things like "its not as bad as I thought" or "it could have been worse" or "at least they are trying".
People, this isn't some new indie band, this is frickin' Metallica! Hold them to a higher standard! This song is subpar by (pre-St.Anger) METALLICA standards! It's sad that some Metallica fans are so willing to settle for something only half decent. I hope the songs on the rest of the album are much better.

Mootallica wrote:
serjYankovic wrote:
heavenbesideyou wrote:
meh, could of been a lot better. hopefully the whole cd wont sound that bad...
Well, you've got to realize, it's "Track 4" as was Fade To Black, Sanitarium, One, The Unforgiven, etc... So it's the "Ballad" track of the album... Track 1 will probably start off clean/acoustic, then rape our ears... and then the second to last track will HOPEFULLY be an instrumental =)
Nothing's_Free wrote:
i hope the track off itunes isnt the final master, the production on it was terrible
Agreed... it sounded like the Preamp was around like 3 dB or so.. (I only know that because it sounded like my Manual setting of the EQ..) But it sounded pretty nice otherwise... Could've heard some more of Rob, but they're notorious for mixing bass out =P Effing Murderface..
Notorious for mixing out Jason's Bass.
The first 4 albums, pretty much every song had audible bass.

for fu*ksake metallica buckled under the pressure. IT's ANOTHER BLACK ALBUM whats the point. I know st anger sucked but i liked it and it was an attempt by metallica to try something new now they just said f*ck it lets do the black album again. the song is naff in my opinion i will DOWNLOAD the album not buy it there's no point i see so far.

If you don't like the goddamn song, thats fine, but keep your worthless opinions to yourself
Sincerely, An avid fanboy who will defend this song, this album, and any other Metallica album (minus St. Anger) to the death.
P.S- Much better than that brutal version of "A Tout Le Monde" Megadeth (or rather, Dave Mustaine and his backup band) did with whats-her-name. Again, my 2 cents, feel free to shit on it.....

Kieran-Clinch :
for fu*ksake metallica buckled under the pressure. IT's ANOTHER BLACK ALBUM whats the point. I know st anger sucked but i liked it and it was an attempt by metallica to try something new now they just said f*ck it lets do the black album again. the song is naff in my opinion i will DOWNLOAD the album not buy it there's no point i see so far.
POSTED: 08/23/2008 - 02:56 am / quote |

Lol, see how hard it is to please everyone? Someone thinks it is a return to their old sound and hates it cuz of that..... so hard to please everyone, so dont even try, just do what comes from the heart

5 minutes in is a pretty sick riff, NASTY solo in it, but tbh i don't like this single too much. the song itself doesn't make a whole lot of sense and the beginning is WAY too much like the Load era. but i always seem to pick something else on their CD's that're my favorites rather than the singles. i just wish they would grow their balls back overall, i guess.

we dont need to hold metallica in a high standard position coz u know its frickin metallica. their standard is already High Enough.
this song is good i must say.definitely has the pre-black album sound

Jonny-D wrote:
Just a recap, my point of the above post is to tell people, that there's a MASSIVE chance this was one of the "Filler" songs so don't feel like "Omg it's not Metal enough" or shit like that, just wait.

Considering they had five years, there shouldn't be any filler on this album.

FIRST OFF: load and reload werent bad at all, st anger had 3 good songs, and death magnetic is gonna kick ass.
SECOND: The Kill em all, RTL, MoP, AJFA, black album era is gone. So quit whining about how it doesnt sound like a cross between black album and AJFA or how James' vocals suck. Hes older, he sings different get over it.
THIRD: METALLICA will do what METALLICA has always done: put their hearts and souls into their music, whether u like it or not.

I must say its better then what I expected..But then again I havent liked anything metallica has done lately..St. Anger was rubbish in my opinion...
I think most agree that the production isn't too great.. Drums are way too loud and honestly not all that good...Bass needs to be turned way up..
As far as the actual song structure and guitar I thought it was pretty decent. The solo was pretty predictable but thats not to say I didn't like it!

Phill-Rock wrote:
Also, the metal veterans have confirmed that they will play a gig at London's O2 with tickets priced at 5. I take it that's supposed to say 50.
Anyway, just saw them live on Wednesday - they were amazing. Better than 2006, too.

considering the fact that I hate Load and ReLoad and never ever listened to them more than once, this is a good song and doesn't sound like Load. The only thing I didn't like is the volume of Lars' drums. They're too high and even covers the guitars at some points of the songs and that's annoying hope they'll decrease volume of the drums on the album. and btw I can hear Trujillo just fine he doesn't follow the guitar parts line by line like Jason did in Justice. He plays something differnt like Cliff did in the early days and that makes it a bit hard for untrained ears to hear...

atreyu=life wrote:
ThePedestrian17 wrote:
wait... this isn't Green Day...
stfu green day dosent sound anything like this, your really ignorant, and people if you want RTL,MOP,AJFA,TBA go and buy those albums becaus metallica isnt going to make those again and you gotta face the truth, 80's meal bands dont sound anything like they did 20 oddyears ago, take judas priest for example their new album nostradramus wasnt like anything from their 80's and motley crues album was nowhere near what they did bak then with dr feelgood etc

The main difference between Judas Priest then and now, and Metallica then and now is JP didn't spend the last four years saying how they're going back to their old style, and comparing their new cd to (insert old JP album)
idiot

Second Rate wrote:
Jonny-D wrote:
Just a recap, my point of the above post is to tell people, that there's a MASSIVE chance this was one of the "Filler" songs so don't feel like "Omg it's not Metal enough" or shit like that, just wait.
Considering they had five years, there shouldn't be any filler on this album.

crap sounds like hetfield took all their old CD's and rammed them up his butt then writhed in agony into a recording device
the sunshine never comes! love is a four letter word! is hetfield taking himself seriously at all these days or does he just know if he thinks of some random crap without actually putting forth any effort all his cronies will still lap it up
utter garbage. i hate you metallica.
dont delete this post just because its not pandering to the almighty metallica, its the freaking truth, and im not even being vulgar which believe me is very hard not to do

yeaaahhhh..it's good..and for those who are saying bad things about them or some of their members, i should say that you try to make your band famous and great b4 saying words like lars suck or st. anger is garbage....anyways, the song is really good,....

GnomesAmok wrote:
crap sounds like hetfield took all their old CD's and rammed them up his butt then writhed in agony into a recording device
the sunshine never comes! love is a four letter word! is hetfield taking himself seriously at all these days or does he just know if he thinks of some random crap without actually putting forth any effort all his cronies will still lap it up
utter garbage. i hate you metallica.
dont delete this post just because its not pandering to the almighty metallica, its the freaking truth, and im not even being vulgar which believe me is very hard not to do

try to be famous first b4 saying such things,,you don't know what this guys have gone through...

I think Megadeth's first release of UA (Washington is Next) is way better, but I'll have to hear Death Magnetic entire CD before making a decision. Aside from that, Metallica did a great job at coming back to their old stuff. The song is good, I'll definitely buy the album....but I think Megadeth passed them a long time ago (Rust in Peace era), to be quite honest.

uv_abcs wrote:
yeaaahhhh..it's good..and for those who are saying bad things about them or some of their members, i should say that you try to make your band famous and great b4 saying words like lars suck or st. anger is garbage....anyways, the song is really good,....

Almost everyone agrees that St. Anger was garbage..we're the ones buying the CD's, we can be critics on it if we want. What would be the point in not telling your honest opinion about something you paid earned money for? Just because we don't say it, doesn't mean we aren't thinking it.

honestly, i dont like it. then again, i'm a death metal head.....but yea, on the good note though, it's way better than st. anger. i just saw a comment about the snare drum in the track.....hey, its better than the snare in st. anger, where lars tuned the snare really low and gave it that weird noise lmao....

ive herd this track twice on the radio. shit quality due to the radio but it was good, first half all fade to blackish as formentioned but that second half sounded good. bar the solo. sounds like kirk hammets trying to break free from the penatonic wahness by copying kerry king. not a good idea kirk

Jonny-D wrote:
Guys, are you all completely dull?
Metallica is VERY big on song placement on their CDs. For example, song #1 on most Metallica CD's are slow intros that go into very fast metal (I.e, Fire Fight with Fire, Battery, Blackened, etc)
Song #2 is always the title track, normally one of the singles of the album (Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightning, ..And Justice For All, etc.)
This pattern always continues for each song. The Day That Never Ends is positioned to be a #6 song, which means, if Metallica really did go back to their roots, this means this song should be compared to songs such as "Escape" from RtL and "Leper Messiah" of MoP.
What does this mean? It means (although many do love this songs), that The Day that Never Ends isn't meant to be that OMFG GO METALLICA song, but as a "ice breaker" because no matter what song they would've released, people would still be complaining for any reaons they can find. Therefore they released one of their less "OMFG" songs to not waste a good song becase of complainers.

Umm, if you're talking about The Day That Never Comes, it's track 4, so that means it's the ballad of the album, just like I predicted. So I guess that makes you completely dull.

bazman13 wrote:
ive herd this track twice on the radio. shit quality due to the radio but it was good, first half all fade to blackish as formentioned but that second half sounded good. bar the solo. sounds like kirk hammets trying to break free from the penatonic wahness by copying kerry king. not a good idea kirk

No, the solo was just more AJFA like. It was better than his TBA solos. You fail.

Sanitarium91 wrote:
Jonny-D wrote:
Guys, are you all completely dull?
Metallica is VERY big on song placement on their CDs. For example, song #1 on most Metallica CD's are slow intros that go into very fast metal (I.e, Fire Fight with Fire, Battery, Blackened, etc)
Song #2 is always the title track, normally one of the singles of the album (Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightning, ..And Justice For All, etc.)
This pattern always continues for each song. The Day That Never Ends is positioned to be a #6 song, which means, if Metallica really did go back to their roots, this means this song should be compared to songs such as "Escape" from RtL and "Leper Messiah" of MoP.
What does this mean? It means (although many do love this songs), that The Day that Never Ends isn't meant to be that OMFG GO METALLICA song, but as a "ice breaker" because no matter what song they would've released, people would still be complaining for any reaons they can find. Therefore they released one of their less "OMFG" songs to not waste a good song becase of complainers.
Umm, if you're talking about The Day That Never Comes, it's track 4, so that means it's the ballad of the album, just like I predicted. So I guess that makes you completely dull.

He re-replied with a remark stating that he thought it was number 6, then corrected himself with the 4th track.

ThunderPX wrote:
_deathrip wrote:
Thats not the Final master... hope you guys understands that.... its i FREE SAMPLE
Yeah, I'm sure they thought "Hey, the album is finished, but lets upload an inferior version just because we can."

The song was crappy quality for a few reasons. It actually is at a bad quality, 98-128 compared to the 320 on the CD that we'll get when we buy the album.
Plus, there is no equalizer on any of the things we could use to listen to the song (like, myspace player doesn't have an EQ), so, we were unable to hear it at what it it supposed to be heard at.

when I hard the lyric love is a four letter word. I was whats this hannah montana. I'm sure he could have came up with something more in your face then that. I think motley crue's saints of LA is harder rocking then this song.
Hope the rest of the lyrics are better

Mootallica wrote:
Sanitarium91 wrote:
Jonny-D wrote:
Guys, are you all completely dull?
Metallica is VERY big on song placement on their CDs. For example, song #1 on most Metallica CD's are slow intros that go into very fast metal (I.e, Fire Fight with Fire, Battery, Blackened, etc)
Song #2 is always the title track, normally one of the singles of the album (Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightning, ..And Justice For All, etc.)
This pattern always continues for each song. The Day That Never Ends is positioned to be a #6 song, which means, if Metallica really did go back to their roots, this means this song should be compared to songs such as "Escape" from RtL and "Leper Messiah" of MoP.
What does this mean? It means (although many do love this songs), that The Day that Never Ends isn't meant to be that OMFG GO METALLICA song, but as a "ice breaker" because no matter what song they would've released, people would still be complaining for any reaons they can find. Therefore they released one of their less "OMFG" songs to not waste a good song becase of complainers.
Umm, if you're talking about The Day That Never Comes, it's track 4, so that means it's the ballad of the album, just like I predicted. So I guess that makes you completely dull.
He re-replied with a remark stating that he thought it was number 6, then corrected himself with the 4th track.

I didn't notice that, but on the other hand I don't care about that, because he actually though that the song Leper Messiah had something in common with it, even though it's clearly a ballad.

I have been reading some of these posts and been shaking my head in amusement....do you really think Metallica give a sh*t what any of you think of them? They have sold tens of millions of albums worldwide over a career spanning 20yrs+, and they have been pionners and innovators for that whole time. They are never going to release another album like Master of Puppets or Ride the Lightning so GET OVER IT! Judge the music they are making based on the current scene and put it in context, don't keep referring back to albums they made when they were spotty kids with a 'don't give a f*ck attitude' - be grateful they are even still around to make music. In my opinion, this is a great song, and I look forward to hearing the album as one piece of work and I won't be comparing it to the Metallica of old, because it simply isn't relevant anymore!
Rant over, first post too people.

recoil1976 wrote:
I have been reading some of these posts and been shaking my head in amusement....do you really think Metallica give a sh*t what any of you think of them? They have sold tens of millions of albums worldwide over a career spanning 20yrs+, and they have been pionners and innovators for that whole time. They are never going to release another album like Master of Puppets or Ride the Lightning so GET OVER IT! Judge the music they are making based on the current scene and put it in context, don't keep referring back to albums they made when they were spotty kids with a 'don't give a f*ck attitude' - be grateful they are even still around to make music. In my opinion, this is a great song, and I look forward to hearing the album as one piece of work and I won't be comparing it to the Metallica of old, because it simply isn't relevant anymore!
Rant over, first post too people.

I agree with what you mean.
The first 3 albums were all:
"Fuck you to everybody".
The fourth were more:
"Still **** you, but our best mate died"
The next album was:
"Lets look back, lets express what we are feeling"
The next two albums:
"We've gotten over it, we aren't mourning, we're older, we don't have that attitude anymore."
The next one:
"Something is pissing me off again, it's similar, but not the same as 20 years ago."
Now:
We'll just have to wait until september 12 to figure that out.

ultimatedaver wrote:
I don't like the sound of the snare drum. Other than it sounds really good.

The snare drum is better than the tin cans they had on St. Anger.
And to the people who are saying they don't sound as energetic as they used to, age has nothing to do with the aggressiveness of the music. Look at Slayer's last album, they're still pretty aggressive...not as much as before though...something's up. I've got no argument. Pretty good song though!

Led_Zeppelin992 wrote:
The production is terrible.
Better than St. Anger, but certainly not up to their old standards.

honestly, the production isn't that bad. it's way better that st. anger. i think their on the right path again. i'm looking forward to hearing the rest of the album now. i've already heard some of the other stuff from youtube. i'm just hoping that "vulturous"(i believe it's a working title) isn't on there. that was a bad misfits rip off.

I personally like the song although i can see where sum people are coming from. The 'this i swear' section of the song should have been done without but there is a great thrash riff after that. I thought the clean section at the start was ace. And if you think that there are people that are bad on this site for hating metallica, you should check out blabbermouth. Theres an extraordinary bunch of fags at that site

Metonyx wrote:
Nothing's_Free wrote:
i hope the track off itunes isnt the final master, the production on it was terrible
No no that was cause it had terrible bitrate (less than 128!) Something like 48kbps LOL. On the real tihng it will be fine I'm sure.

The bitrate on Mission Metallica's is 256kbps and it still has clipping :mad:

Sanitarium91 wrote:
Mootallica wrote:
Sanitarium91 wrote:
Jonny-D wrote:
Guys, are you all completely dull?
Metallica is VERY big on song placement on their CDs. For example, song #1 on most Metallica CD's are slow intros that go into very fast metal (I.e, Fire Fight with Fire, Battery, Blackened, etc)
Song #2 is always the title track, normally one of the singles of the album (Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightning, ..And Justice For All, etc.)
This pattern always continues for each song. The Day That Never Ends is positioned to be a #6 song, which means, if Metallica really did go back to their roots, this means this song should be compared to songs such as "Escape" from RtL and "Leper Messiah" of MoP.
What does this mean? It means (although many do love this songs), that The Day that Never Ends isn't meant to be that OMFG GO METALLICA song, but as a "ice breaker" because no matter what song they would've released, people would still be complaining for any reaons they can find. Therefore they released one of their less "OMFG" songs to not waste a good song becase of complainers.
Umm, if you're talking about The Day That Never Comes, it's track 4, so that means it's the ballad of the album, just like I predicted. So I guess that makes you completely dull.
He re-replied with a remark stating that he thought it was number 6, then corrected himself with the 4th track.
I didn't notice that, but on the other hand I don't care about that, because he actually though that the song Leper Messiah had something in common with it, even though it's clearly a ballad.

No that guy was being stupid.. its a #4 track, so compare to Fade to Black and Sanitarium and One..

its good, it sorta reminded me of one where they had a slow part, a boomin chorus, then a long riff then solo at the end. its good but its growing on me but i thought the first single would be much more in your face kind of a were back statement.

The only real complaint I have is James's voice but I guess that happens with time. Otherwise I am just glad to hear a Metallica I am familiar with loving. And there was a guy somewhere on this comments wall compalining about Metallica trying to sound like their old stuff from the 80s.... my reply is : is that a bad thing??? O_o

Ummmm..... Those drums are mastered way to loud. Was hoping for better. The riffs at the begging were good but they went downhill from there. Will have to agree that its ALOT better quality than St. Anger though.

Jonny-D wrote:
Guys, are you all completely dull?
Metallica is VERY big on song placement on their CDs. For example, song #1 on most Metallica CD's are slow intros that go into very fast metal (I.e, Fire Fight with Fire, Battery, Blackened, etc)
Song #2 is always the title track, normally one of the singles of the album (Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightning, ..And Justice For All, etc.)
This pattern always continues for each song. The Day That Never Ends is positioned to be a #6 song, which means, if Metallica really did go back to their roots, this means this song should be compared to songs such as "Escape" from RtL and "Leper Messiah" of MoP.
What does this mean? It means (although many do love this songs), that The Day that Never Ends isn't meant to be that OMFG GO METALLICA song, but as a "ice breaker" because no matter what song they would've released, people would still be complaining for any reaons they can find. Therefore they released one of their less "OMFG" songs to not waste a good song becase of complainers.

uhm that mite be hard to do since there is no title track. the pattern stops here. #2 is called the end of the line. and we dont know for sure if the day that never comes will be #4. the unforgiven and the unforgiven II were both #4. im looking for the unforgivenIII to take the 4 spot

bassmanjoe08 wrote:
Lol at people complaining its not "old Metallica".
Do you realize the point of a new album?

I guess there just complaining, because Metallica have hyped that, they were thinking what they would've done if it was 1985.
Of course they don't sound like what they did back then. Hetfield doesn't have his young voice anymore and they don't have the aggression they used to have. They don't need to stress out how to get money for food anymore, you know. They're living it up. They've matured. Of course it's different.

Its pretty good, I guess its what you would expect them to put out as a single that can appeal to the wider audience, something that starts out slow and then picks up like Fade to Black or One or Welcome Home Sanitarium.
Hammett is definitely back and i like the lead guitar a lot but Hetfields voice is a little meh... for me because its still to country-ish imo.

IDK why everyone is dissing this song, its great! It's not Black album, it's not Puppets or lightning, but its great! It's progression towards the good ol' days of Metallica with a little bit of new flair. It's a combination of a lot of things they've done plus something new. I've been a Metallica fan since I first heard them (Enter Sandman video when i was 1) I've listened to and have all their albums, and all the albums are great in their own way. People shouldn't hold a band to one song or style, because evolution is needed and inevitable. Would you really want them to come out with the same crap over and over again? That's why Metallica is still here is because they've changed.

I think this is really a poor choice for the single. If this is the pinnacle of Metallica's "talent" on this album, they should retire instead of release it. The idea is to do BETTER than St. Anger.
In the words of two real legends (Sorry Metallica, you've wasted your luster), "You're only as good as your last album." Also, "It's better to burn out than to fade away."

dookiecheese wrote:
ive said this ten thousand times and ill say it ten thousand more times. metallica, stop being pussies and get your self plastered so you can make real music again, this shit is below the line of sub-par meaning its a waste of time to listen to if you actually are a fan of metallica.

Dude, a real fan of the band would either accept the change a band or not worry about it. Just listen to the music for once and lay off the bottle yourself. I can smell your boozed up breath on the forum!

So...here's my opinion, not that any of you care:
A. That song was pretty good considering what came before this (i.e: St. Anger) and please please please note this could have been SOOOOO much worse. For example, the drums could have sounded tin-ish and there could have been no guitar solo.
Don't complain. It was a lot better than it could have been.
B. It was a little weird to hear Jaymz go with Kirk on a double guitar solo. It was pretty awesome though considering.
C. This album has some real potential. Keep complaining guys, I won't be reading this until the next update.

Yeah I like this new song. It reminds me of the and justice for all days. this song really reminded me of ONE because it had a slow build up and a kick a solo ending. and in the middle it had lars going at the drums and then the guitar crunch that ONE had where it just got all heavy and kick ass. I hope they keep the rest of the album like this. I think now the real metallica is back.

It sounds like different songs crammed together to make one horrendous pile of crap. It started ok... but it just fell apart a few minutes in. Lars is about as unimpressive as ever, the lyrics were terrible, and the solos were typical Kirk.
I hope theres at least one song on this album that I like, the ones that I've heard so far were a step up from St. Anger, but nothing more. It is pretty boring an unimpressive considering what their thrash comrades have brought out this year.
Megadeth's and Testament's albums were aces, this one seems like it isn't building to that.

starts off terrible. i liked it, but i want metallica. i understand its a good song, but it wasnt what i wanted
by the middle of it it picked up alright
the solo though, i really enjoyed. from then on out i liked it. if the whole album is like this, its got a chance.

kinghate69 wrote:
wait..for the last few years you all bithed about them not being old school...and when they go old school you bitch about them trying to relive the glory days! Are you guys on crack or just bi-polar?

im listening to it as i write this. i kinda like the clean guitar intro, but i miss the good-old heavy original metallica. They still have my respect though, when u get to metallica status you've earned the right to do whatever you want.

song sucks. couldn't even recognize james' voice for the first minute of singing. hopefully it's a weak spot on the album. it sounds like their 90's shit, there's no feeling behind it. i don't feel much passion in the song.

i loved this song, mixture of fade to black and one(because of the ending) the drums sound almost exactly like the drums lars used in 1989 seattle binge and purge. i think at the end the whole feel of the song was lost though, and i get the feeling this is just the demo because the recording quality is crappy for it being such a well funded BIG album, but besides that i absolutely love this song! ...but the sunshine never comes!!!

Anyone agrees it has some SOAD-ish thingy in there, I mean riff-wise?
I dig this song ... I can understand you all compare this to fade to black/one/sanitarium ... but you know ... they are older now ... they've paid their dues ... they don't have the first 4 albums "fuk you all" attitude because they're 20yrs+ older than that era. This times will never come back, but that's OK ... It's past and they make NEW music ... which is allright considering the fact it's a NEW album. Live now, but never forget your past ...

But I can appreciate how they do the music they feel like, regardless of what people will think. They took a lot of shit for "Fade to Black" back in the day, and that's my favorite song of theirs. And all metal bands go through different entities throughout time, especially when they start off so aggressive, they're bound to mellow out a little. Pretty sure that's how every band like that has been, so can't rag on 'em for that.

Metallica is definitely back on the right track again. You can clearly hear that the tune on the guitars, James' voice, and the music itself is very similar to AJFA. This is going to be a ****ing incredible album

landerson wrote:
kinghate69 wrote:
wait..for the last few years you all bithed about them not being old school...and when they go old school you bitch about them trying to relive the glory days! Are you guys on crack or just bi-polar?
+ fukcing 1.

After i heard the new track all the way through i still think its good, my only gripe is the drums are to loud, and james's voice just isnt what it used to be...but he is pushing 50 so he's never going to sound like he did in his 20's, but musically it is a good song...and thank god kirk's started playing solos again.

I feel so bad for Metallica. They are going through that period where they are too old to be "cool" anymore and too young to be "cool" based on what they've achieved, like Judas Priest. The only complain I have is that if Kirk has been practicing all these years, my question would be what he's been praciticing. I get the feeling it wasn't guitar.

What is up with eveyone putting down Metallica for growing as musicians. Is everyone else here stuck in the same musical rut they were in 20 years ago? Why would you want them to release the same albums that they already released? I for one am glad to hear different music come out of them. Even St. Anger. No it is not my favorite album, but atleast it is something different. It is better to hear a band grow and expand their music then to sit in the same mire of sound. Really people, we don't need more AC DC albums where every song sounds like what they already wrote 20 years ago. BTW thought the song was great. And no i didn't think it sounded anything like old Metallica, it sounds like Metallica today.

****in awesome song and too anyone who disagrees you ppl are just trying to make em fail and find problems with every damn thing.....ohh to the guy who said megadeths album was an ace this will blow it outta the water ive been a fan of both bands since you were suckin on a tit metallica is 10 times the band megadeth is or should i say dave mustaine and 4 random dudes he picks up

The guitars could be heavier at some parts in the beginning, but the second half of the song is pretty good. James' voice has changed, but it doesn't sound bad, just different. I am looking forward to the rest of the album.

GnomesAmok wrote:
crap sounds like hetfield took all their old CD's and rammed them up his butt then writhed in agony into a recording device
the sunshine never comes! love is a four letter word! is hetfield taking himself seriously at all these days or does he just know if he thinks of some random crap without actually putting forth any effort all his cronies will still lap it up
utter garbage. i hate you metallica.
dont delete this post just because its not pandering to the almighty metallica, its the freaking truth, and im not even being vulgar which believe me is very hard not to do

You do know that people do mature when they grow older. If Hetfield wants to start singing about love them don't try and stop him, it's his choice and if you don't like it **** off. And if you hate them then stop listening to them and posting in their threads.

walkingonspikes wrote:
Flying Afros wrote:
Dumbass. I dont think this will be better than United Abominations, but it will be good.
Don't forget that Megadeth are working on a new album! =)

Can't wait for that album to hear Chris Broderick on guitar. Megadeth is a whole different and changing line-up, and it's working. So far on the new Metallica CD I like The Day That Never Comes, but Cyanide sucks. I don't know what some of these fanboys see in it.

Well, I liked this. It did enough to make me want to buy the new album, mostly to relive the days of being 12 and kicking it to Metallica. Though, I'll be honest, I was never that worried that the band would put out something mediocre. I liked Load & Reload, sure it's not 1980's metallica, but, uh, that's kind of the point. This sounds like a return to L&RL sound, with the solos (and drumming -_ from AJfA. Maybe I'm wrong, and it is the worst thing ever, and it's just beautiful nostalgia clouding my judgement. Either way, I don't care, my metallica phase was probably my most enjoyable time in music.
But yeah. Decent enough, would listen again.

was it just me..or was the quality was just plain horrible?!!?i could not feel the power that Metallica is all about...im just hoping it was not a final master of the song....
the song otherwise..was kickass...i loved the beginning..but when things got heavier..i did know what to say..cuz the quality really sucked...
im expecting a lot from this album..just like the thousands of others...definitely buying the album..im even throwing a "listening-to-the-new-album-by-metallica"on sep.12th!!hahaaha...it helps cuz its a weekend!!hahahh...

wow i could listen to this stapled together metallica best of tryhard replica, or i could whip out my brand new ride the lightning remastered vunyl and have a guitargasm. that song is crap and if thats the best theyve got then i am going to cry. I WANTED TO LIKE THAT DAMMIT AND I CANT

landerson wrote:
kinghate69 wrote:
wait..for the last few years you all bithed about them not being old school...and when they go old school you bitch about them trying to relive the glory days! Are you guys on crack or just bi-polar?
+ fukcing 1.
+ ****in 100 man

sounds promising, the productions a bit lackluster but hopefully itll be fixed by the time september comes, its got that AJFA feel to it, but also has a certain new metallica thing goin as well, this is the best soloing ive heard from kirk in a while, and the riffing is jawdroppingly good, my only criticism is that lars' drummin lacks dynamics, during the mellow parts hes still bangin the shit outta the kit when he should chill out and play like a musician instead of a 4 year old kid whos just got his new kit for xmas lol, lyrics are pretty powerful too..im psyched about this album, and now we know for a fact its comin in september, cos i remember it was comin out around february but it kept gettin delayed thank god that nightmares over

Shouting Gun wrote:
they are indeed trying to hard to emulate themselves. they just need to come out with an anthology called "...And Ride the Master of Justice for 'Em all". Maybe remaster the songs maybe not. who cares. and the solo of the day that never comes is too kiddy, like a dragonforce solo... just not the musically mature solos they used to be

dude i agree with you there and +1 100000 for the title i doubt any big music produced could come up with a title that clever!

Sanitarium91 wrote:
bazman13 wrote:
ive herd this track twice on the radio. shit quality due to the radio but it was good, first half all fade to blackish as formentioned but that second half sounded good. bar the solo. sounds like kirk hammets trying to break free from the penatonic wahness by copying kerry king. not a good idea kirk
No, the solo was just more AJFA like. It was better than his TBA solos. You fail.

No sir, YOU fail. The solo is utter garbage, instead of trying to do a good ballad solo like Fade to Black kirk just wanks the fretboard.
Kirk is a shit lead guitarist, face it.

Local666Union wrote:
Sanitarium91 wrote:
bazman13 wrote:
ive herd this track twice on the radio. shit quality due to the radio but it was good, first half all fade to blackish as formentioned but that second half sounded good. bar the solo. sounds like kirk hammets trying to break free from the penatonic wahness by copying kerry king. not a good idea kirk
No, the solo was just more AJFA like. It was better than his TBA solos. You fail.
No sir, YOU fail. The solo is utter garbage, instead of trying to do a good ballad solo like Fade to Black kirk just wanks the fretboard.
Kirk is a shit lead guitarist, face it.

Oh, I know he's shit and I think it's good that he's doing something a little different than that same old pentatonic wank that you adore so much.

ok, so i haven't decided where i stand on it...in on e way, it's amazing and such a step above St. Anger and Load/Reload it almost makes me be able to forget that era completely if the rest of the album is better musically like this (yes, Kirk's doing solos again but lets face it, his solos have always sounded the same and he's a sloppy lead guitarist although i'm happy to hear his leads again)
Production is BRUTAL! You can't blame this on "free" versions because if anyone paid for it on itunes, you'd realize that the song is actually that quality. i bought the itunes version hoping not to hear the clipping but the fact that the song is loaded with clipping is an absolute elementary mistake when it comes to recording and i can't believe they would leave something in like that...i thought Rick Rubin was supposed to be a good producer but apparently he can't mix worth shit

PoP N FresH wrote:
wow i could listen to this stapled together metallica best of tryhard replica, or i could whip out my brand new ride the lightning remastered vunyl and have a guitargasm. that song is crap and if thats the best theyve got then i am going to cry. I WANTED TO LIKE THAT DAMMIT AND I CANT

Dude, your so right, they cant do any thrash metal any more because of anthrax and many more of the great metal bands that failed to bring their best any more. I love Metallica, but only their old and GOOD songs they have. you are the true one.

Does anyone get that its a single? its suppost to sound more this era. And its a f@#king ballad, jesus christ. if you dont like just say you dont like or dont comment at all. they probably accomplished more than any of you haters will

you people are the most shallow pathetic people ive heard of...you guys are trying so hard to pick the littlest things that you want to shit on, and its only one song and its making you judge the rest of the album. yesterday i had the song stuck in my head...i think its awesome. go **** yourselves, everyone, please, and try to be more open-minded. jesus.

i think that the song is awesome. i hate how some people say its not there old stuff you gotta look at it as like this is the way that new metallica is supposed to be like. It is a little new metallica with a little old metallica.. this song reminds me of the justice album for some reason. But i like the song and it already sounds better then st.anger metallica rules!! \m/

Personally, I think that was one of the best songs I've heard in quite a while, and had me moshing round the room like a ****ing loon.
Yeah, "production" didn't sound good, but remeber the WM version of the track is only encoded at 48 Kbps, which is low enough to make anything sound tinny and crap.
Metallica rule! \m/

i really like it, and i think that they have improved to the point where they're no longer the " new metallica". i think that they have finally have found themselves again, to the point where they did what felt and sounded right.
Welcome back Metallica! \m/

Im really going to have to agree with CurlyBash in saying that they are getting back to there old selves and they are no longer the "New" Metallica. This is definately their best work in 10-15 years. I will definately buy this CD. From the previews on youtube I was leaning towards that thought that Metallica would never redeem themselves. They have definately done a great job and I cant wait for this CD to hit stores!!!
Rock On Metallica \m/

I was kinda disappointed in the song really. I was excited when the radio told me that the song was coming up next and was pretty giddy..then it came on. I guess I was looking for something hard hitting and resemblance to old Metallica.
You would think that after their last album they would of wanted to release a song that was in-your-face, hard hitting - but this was far from it.
The solo?? Come on, this reminded me of the solo Kirk did in the video 'A year and a half in the life of Metallica' where Kirk was working on the solo to the Unforgiven - remember the solo he did then Bob Rock said 'Well not that your 'warmed' up'..yea, that horrible solo reminded me of this one.
I'm a huge Metallica fan and would like nothing more than to see them back on top. So I hope their other songs on the album is better than this one.

Not bad,
1st half- Did James Hetfield leave Metallica? it doesn't sound much like him
2nd half- Pretty good, sounds more like older metallica, I'll by Death Magnetic so I can hear the rest, I'm hoping its not horrible

Maniacal_Mikey wrote:
IDK why everyone is dissing this song, its great! It's not Black album, it's not Puppets or lightning, but its great! It's progression towards the good ol' days of Metallica with a little bit of new flair. It's a combination of a lot of things they've done plus something new. I've been a Metallica fan since I first heard them (Enter Sandman video when i was 1) I've listened to and have all their albums, and all the albums are great in their own way. People shouldn't hold a band to one song or style, because evolution is needed and inevitable. Would you really want them to come out with the same crap over and over again? That's why Metallica is still here is because they've changed.

Lol u think the black album was good everything up to the black album was good!!!!! The black album was ok!!! and yes i think every1 is complaining here because they want to hear 'the same crap' because that crap was amazing!!!!!11!11!!1111!1!!

half of the people here are complaining saying that if this wasn't by Metallica, nobody would care about it, but half the people I have talked to just say people want '80s and say that they are upset over their change. However, if this was another band people would probably like it a lot more. My opinion.

Trapmaker677 wrote:
I HATE IT Its not metallica . I like their old stuff, but i dont like this. Its too soft. And what happened to them?? They are the inventers of Thrash metal, but they play pop?????

I'm wondering whether you've listened the whole song through. Because after 4' the song gets everything but pop. This part takes me back to And Justice actually, which I consider second best Metallica album (after Kill 'em all)
But I'm dissapointed too. I have the feeling they can do better. I mean the vocals, the intro (really unbearable), it seems indeed a little pop. It's also a relief, because they dare to hit the upper strings again (which wasn't in St. *nger) and Kirk plays solos again. Still I expected something more in-the-face. First impression is important and this is a song that gets better every minute. I think there are many people who gonna hate this because of the first minute.
But I love the drums, much better than the garbage cans in St ****ing Anger

this song is so amazing i cannot put words to how happy i was hearing this on the radio first time.new metallica!this is history in the making.
p.s. all bashers still bitchin about how the 80s were better and this is trash, go play in traffic...blindfolded
metallica rules all!

I dont see why everyone bashes st anger, it wasnt THAT bad. i mean by metallica's high set standards, yes. but if any old band just came out and that was their first album i guarantee that people would love it. I just know that even if this album kicks as much ass as the 80's metallica did people would find something wrong with it. I love metallica and have high expectations for Death Magnetic.

Terrible bad sound qualitybut from what I can gather parts of it sounded like they have some good old skool metallica riffing.
The vocals are abit clean though, i'm not saying I want metallica to start growling like all the metal bands nowadays, i just really liked jamyz's old school thrash vocals

Wow. You people bitch about everything. I mean seriously, what the hell do you want? It's a monster improvement on St. Anger, and be ****ing thankful that they're being Metallica again. So what it's not exactly like Master of Puppets? I'm starting to think that even if Metallica re-recorded all of their old albums and released them sounding exactly the same, everyone would still hate it just because.

happyfinesad wrote:
Wow. You people bitch about everything. I mean seriously, what the hell do you want? It's a monster improvement on St. Anger, and be ****ing thankful that they're being Metallica again. So what it's not exactly like Master of Puppets? I'm starting to think that even if Metallica re-recorded all of their old albums and released them sounding exactly the same, everyone would still hate it just because.

I agree 100%. There's no pleasing a Metallica fan. There will never be another MOP or RTL so everybody needs to get out of that fantasy world. I thought the song was great and was a big improvement from St. Anger , Load, and Reload. Cant wait for the new album.

Antonio_4346 wrote:
I think this is really a poor choice for the single. If this is the pinnacle of Metallica's "talent" on this album, they should retire instead of release it. The idea is to do BETTER than St. Anger.
In the words of two real legends (Sorry Metallica, you've wasted your luster), "You're only as good as your last album." Also, "It's better to burn out than to fade away."

Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Beatles, and The Clash's last albums were all pretty diminished in power. Metallica is just going to get bigger after they stop.

i listen to the song a few more times and now its growing on me...
everyone keeps saying st.anger suck, which is true! but if the songs where shorter i think it would have been a much better album..IMO

You know, I listened to the song a few more times, and I think that its not bad, its just that the production REALLY REALLY REALLY sucks. The drums are too loud and sucky, and I can't hear bass. There's also a few sucky parts after 4 minutes, but I love the intro lick and solo phrasing. I also like the clean lick after the intro.

I've listened to this song, and I'm not too impressed. The solo is pretty decent and some good riffs later on, but the first half of the song just didn't keep me entertained.
That's just my opinion on THIS song.

exactly =]
your like my hero on this comment board lol
exactly what i was gunna say.

SoulMusiq77 wrote:
It's good people, listen to the song as a whole not just as a Metallica song and the fact that it's not exactly like old Metallica.
Listen to the lyrics, the solos, Jame's impressive vocals, the riffs, drumming (well not soooo much), but still. This song is amazing, although it is a bit much like Fade to Black but then again isn't Fade to Black old Metallica o_0.....which is what everybody wants right?

monkeysintheday wrote:
Not bad,
1st half- Did James Hetfield leave Metallica? it doesn't sound much like him
2nd half- Pretty good, sounds more like older metallica, I'll by Death Magnetic so I can hear the rest, I'm hoping its not horrible

Vectrox wrote:
I thought the vocals where like they Kill 'em All era
This sounds nothing like Kill 'em All.

WTF??? you actually expect the guy to sing like he did 27 years ago??? he's in his mid-40's now, his voice has changed so much and he can't sing like he did in Kill Em' All. But still, he sounds great now, he truly is one of the best vocals in metal... also, I hate people f*cking bitching about metallica not being like in their early days, as I said THEY'RE IN THEIR MID-40'S you can't expect them to act like if they were a couple of kids always getting drunk and acting crazy.. they have kids and wifes now you know they must be responsible now and take care of the example they're giving to their kids. Dont get me wrong, I know those days of long hair were amazing but sometimes people have to grow up, instead of becoming a joke of themselves...
on my opinion on the song, it's amazing! some of you people are just trying way too hard to find something wrong in it when the truth is only a few of you have the hability to write something like that... you people must be workin on your 4 chords 2 minutes long songs while metallica is still doing great music, so stop talkin BS!
oh btw, sorry if some of you are actually good in your instruments and have writen good stuffs..

i really like the song, i keep re-playing over and over again.
guys, the thrashier songs will be on there i reckon. Theres a faster song played on the mission metallica site that im looking forward to. alot
my fav bits of this one tho is the chorus. its wicked!! it will sound awesome live with everyone singing it!. i also love the riffs just before the solo at about 6:20 of the song.
Good job guys! cant wait to hear the whole album!

I'm really looking forward to the album and more so to seeing them Dec. 2nd in Vancouver,
And I'm getting tired of everyone knocking them and complaining their music isn't what it used to be,
Or it sounds too mainstream. They're just expanding their sound and evolving. They are not a thrash metal band anymore and people will have to accept that and realize that they shouldn't be compared to what they were because they don't produce that type of music anymore, although it is good to see they're starting to go back to their roots on this album compared to St. Anger.I miss the good old days as much as the next guys and I have to agree with the vast majority of Metallica fans kill 'em all to ..and justice for all are my favourite albums but I am also a big fan of everything they've done since then too,
I love Metallica,always have and I just think it's great they're finally putting out a new album and they brought back the solos and I think this album is the first step to them going back to their thrash roots and I believe if and when another one follows this it will be extraordinary.

tallicafan91 wrote:
Vectrox wrote:
I thought the vocals where like they Kill 'em All era
This sounds nothing like Kill 'em All.
WTF??? you actually expect the guy to sing like he did 27 years ago??? he's in his mid-40's now, his voice has changed so much and he can't sing like he did in Kill Em' All. But still, he sounds great now, he truly is one of the best vocals in metal... also, I hate people f*cking bitching about metallica not being like in their early days, as I said THEY'RE IN THEIR MID-40'S you can't expect them to act like if they were a couple of kids always getting drunk and acting crazy.. they have kids and wifes now you know they must be responsible now and take care of the example they're giving to their kids. Dont get me wrong, I know those days of long hair were amazing but sometimes people have to grow up, instead of becoming a joke of themselves...
on my opinion on the song, it's amazing! some of you people are just trying way too hard to find something wrong in it when the truth is only a few of you have the hability to write something like that... you people must be workin on your 4 chords 2 minutes long songs while metallica is still doing great music, so stop talkin BS!
oh btw, sorry if some of you are actually good in your instruments and have writen good stuffs..

Totally agreed.Good to see someone that appreciates Metallica and what they're doing now.

tallicafan91 wrote:
Vectrox wrote:
I thought the vocals where like they Kill 'em All era
This sounds nothing like Kill 'em All.
WTF??? you actually expect the guy to sing like he did 27 years ago??? he's in his mid-40's now, his voice has changed so much and he can't sing like he did in Kill Em' All. But still, he sounds great now, he truly is one of the best vocals in metal... also, I hate people f*cking bitching about metallica not being like in their early days, as I said THEY'RE IN THEIR MID-40'S you can't expect them to act like if they were a couple of kids always getting drunk and acting crazy.. they have kids and wifes now you know they must be responsible now and take care of the example they're giving to their kids. Dont get me wrong, I know those days of long hair were amazing but sometimes people have to grow up, instead of becoming a joke of themselves...
on my opinion on the song, it's amazing! some of you people are just trying way too hard to find something wrong in it when the truth is only a few of you have the hability to write something like that... you people must be workin on your 4 chords 2 minutes long songs while metallica is still doing great music, so stop talkin BS!
oh btw, sorry if some of you are actually good in your instruments and have writen good stuffs..
Finally, somebody i can agree with. Cheers mate !

Some people are completely unrealistic about things. Yeah like they are going to be the same after almost 30 years of playing music. Hell most of you people probably changed your musical taste and style from metal to grunge or nu-metal to metal. Just like you'll change it again in the next decade. Most of these metal elitits are completely full of shi-t.

The song is a good pointer at what we should expect off the new album. This won'nt be the best song off the album, hopefully it's just a preview.
They released St. Anger as their first single off the last album and that wasn't the best song off that album (yes I did like some stuff off St. Anger!). If Death Magnetic sounds anything like or better than this first single, i'd be pretty happy. I'm sick of Metallica fans (new and old) bagging them because they're don't sound like they did when Kill em All and Lightning was released. That was over 20 years ago! Lets get serious and either appreciate a band that has changed music forever, or just listen to something else. After all, there are a million bands that exist today because of the ground Metallica broke.

improvement on st. anger at least, although thats not the hardest thing to do... nothing special though... and the producer wants shooting! the breakdowns pretty cool, but the vocals are pretty lame.. sounds too load/re-loadish. still listen to ride the lightening over this any day!

It's definitely better than the St. Anger material; at least it is in my opinion. I actually heard some Megadeth-influence in some of the riffs and a lot of sounds similar to the cover material from the Garage, Inc. stuff, but maybe that's just me. I did like the slowed down "Motorbreath" chordal progression as part of the rhythm during the solo, though. Guitar wise, I'm not disappointed in the single. I just hope this isn't the best thing to come from it, as to entice us into expecting more than we're actually going to get.

Deftones 84 is right. United Abominations was an incredible album. I still cant stop listening to Never walk alone and Play for Blood. The thing is, Daves voice has become very good now, i mean just listen to him in songs like Blessed are the dead, he can sing way better now and doesnt resort so much to the squeals, where as James Hetfields singing talent has clearly taken a freefall from 20k ft. I always thought James was a phenominal singer, but now Daves better.

im not gonna even bother listenin
i can list the metallica songs i like on one hand lol
theyre old and have run out of decent ideas (it was kinda obvious when they said they were gonna try n go back to the way they used to be)

Deftones_84 wrote:
slayerkills wrote:
whoa, i just made a little face when i didn't want to. lol, well you get what i mean tho
Eat your heart out mustaine, lol
United Abominations was excellent and Megadeth is a better band. That's all there is to it.

Now, which Megadeth are we talking about here? It's really Cirque de Mustaine nowadays...

hi guys!
very intersting song, sounds good to me...i have a good feeling about Unforgiven III..
for the complainers, i think that things change a lot in 20 years! and i'm so glad that MetallicA are still here making songs that are as good...and tough i hate comparing with old albums, i think that not all kill em all (or rtl...) songs were quite as good...
hope they'll be able to play it well live, i think the second part of the song is a bit though..
Nice to see you're back guys!!!

i saw them live yesterday at reading festival and i have to say they were simply amazing.
They also played another new song which i found a lot better, definitely a cross of kill em all and ...justice for all

markojuo wrote:
Deftones 84 is right. United Abominations was an incredible album. I still cant stop listening to Never walk alone and Play for Blood. The thing is, Daves voice has become very good now, i mean just listen to him in songs like Blessed are the dead, he can sing way better now and doesnt resort so much to the squeals, where as James Hetfields singing talent has clearly taken a freefall from 20k ft. I always thought James was a phenominal singer, but now Daves better.

I still think daves voice is like nails on a chalk board. If megadeth just played instrumentals or decent thrash singer they just might have came on top.

i think its terrible. they're trying too hard, and they sound like dragonforce in the second half of the song where its just jamming with boring riffs and really really really bad solos from Kirk. he needs to improve, badly.

Sanitarium91 wrote:
Jonny-D wrote:
Guys, are you all completely dull?
Metallica is VERY big on song placement on their CDs. For example, song #1 on most Metallica CD's are slow intros that go into very fast metal (I.e, Fire Fight with Fire, Battery, Blackened, etc)
Song #2 is always the title track, normally one of the singles of the album (Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightning, ..And Justice For All, etc.)
This pattern always continues for each song. The Day That Never Ends is positioned to be a #6 song, which means, if Metallica really did go back to their roots, this means this song should be compared to songs such as "Escape" from RtL and "Leper Messiah" of MoP.
What does this mean? It means (although many do love this songs), that The Day that Never Ends isn't meant to be that OMFG GO METALLICA song, but as a "ice breaker" because no matter what song they would've released, people would still be complaining for any reaons they can find. Therefore they released one of their less "OMFG" songs to not waste a good song becase of complainers.
Umm, if you're talking about The Day That Never Comes, it's track 4, so that means it's the ballad of the album, just like I predicted. So I guess that makes you completely dull.

If you can't appreciate the musical value of Metallica's new stuff, at least appreciate the fact they are still around. And the only reason noone likes their new stuff is because you can't do anything but compare it to their older stuff, which was better. Look at it for what it is, not what it should be.

slayerkills wrote:
markojuo wrote:
Deftones 84 is right. United Abominations was an incredible album. I still cant stop listening to Never walk alone and Play for Blood. The thing is, Daves voice has become very good now, i mean just listen to him in songs like Blessed are the dead, he can sing way better now and doesnt resort so much to the squeals, where as James Hetfields singing talent has clearly taken a freefall from 20k ft. I always thought James was a phenominal singer, but now Daves better.
I still think daves voice is like nails on a chalk board. If megadeth just played instrumentals or decent thrash singer they just might have came on top.

ReldvS wrote:
IMHO this new song is a METALLICA DE-EVOLUTION. Almost a time machine. we get in and take off at LOAD, then we go back a lil farther as the song progresses. Next stop is ...And Justice about half way thru the song. Then it keeps de-evolving to the Kill Em All days with the classic Kirk solo thing. So when you take the ENTIRE SONG in as a whole its like a history of Metailla in one song. - I REALLY LIKE THIS - Sorry all you haters but this is great IMO

Sorry, but in Kill'em all, the guitarrist was Mustaine from megadeth, not kirk